Newtown residents are reminded that the National Association of Letter Carriers’ annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive is scheduled for this Saturday, May 14.

Residents are asked to leave nonperishable food donations in a bag near their mailbox on Saturday before arrival of their letter carrier. The donation will be taken either by the letter carriers or the volunteers helping them to the post office and then delivered to local food banks. Glass containers or out-of-date items should not be included.

Donations are especially needed in advance of the summer months when children who rely on nutrition from school lunch programs will be without that resource.

More than 1,400 local branches of the postal union in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam are involved in the 2005 drive, involving more than 10,000 cities and towns.